Let's make this birthday one to remember.

63 years old (Born on July 19, 1961)

Happy Birthday, Hideo Nakata! May your special day be filled with joy—and hopefully fewer creepy videotapes and dripping faucets. Your groundbreaking films like "Ring," "Ring 2," and the hauntingly atmospheric "Dark Water" have terrified audiences worldwide, proving that nothing is scarier than a well-crafted suspenseful silence or an ominous puddle.

Thanks for making us forever wary of VHS tapes (and elevators). You've mastered the art of subtle horror so brilliantly that Hollywood couldn't resist remaking your classics—though we all know there's no substitute for your original chills. Here's to another year of cinematic brilliance...and maybe sleeping with one eye open!